San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi stands in his in San Francisco, Calif., office on Friday, Feb. 20, 2009. Adachi is the producer of "You Don't Know Jack: The Story of Jack Soo", which will be featured in the 2009 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.

It's going to be at least another year before developers get permission to build a taller-than-usual office building on the Embarcadero.

The Board of Supervisors voted to require a more detailed environmental study of the proposed building even though it would be one of the greenest on the West Coast.

But the question isn't whether it would save electricity and carbon emissions. At issue is whether the building now standing at 110 Embarcadero should be protected as a historical resource. The supes also want more study of the proposed building height because developers want to go 40 feet taller than the area's 84-foot limit.

The site was the headquarters of what is now the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in 1934 when two striking workers were fatally shot by police. July 5 became known as Bloody Thursday and led to a four-day general strike.

- Marisa Lagos

Perpetually indulgent

Swishing their way across the battlefield in the fight for gay rights, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence have outraged conservatives and delighted their supporters. Now the antics of these highly effective and colorful provocateurs are enshrined in a new exhibit at the San Francisco Public Library.

The show will trace 30 years of these men in nun's habits. The display features photographs, internal records like their holy vows and "Pink Saturday Handbook," and artifacts like the habit of founding member Sister Missionary Position.

The philanthropic group began in 1979 with three men who borrowed habits from retired nuns and ventured out into the Castro on a moonlit eve. Since then, the order has grown to include 600 sisters in eight countries.